Shazz’am – SHAZAM!, Captain Marvel, Black Adam
http://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Shazz%27am#axzz7Pc9ofOYs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Marvel_(DC_Comics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Adam
Shazz’am is the Snack Recipe Vendor in Krokotopia. He is located in the west area of The Oasis.
Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam, is a superhero appearing in American comic books originally published by Fawcett Comics and currently published by DC Comics. Artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker created the character in 1939. Captain Marvel first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (cover-dated Feb. 1940), published by Fawcett Comics. He is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a boy who, by speaking or thinking the magic word “Shazam!” (acronym of six “immortal elders”: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury), can transform himself into a costumed adult with the powers of superhuman strength, speed, flight, and other abilities.
Black Adam (Teth/Theo-Adam) is a fictional antihero character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Otto Binder and C. C. Beck, the character is one of the archenemies of the superhero Shazam and the nemesis of the Shazam Family. Black Adam first appeared as a one-time villain for the first issue of Fawcett Comics’ The Marvel Family comic book (December 1945). However, Black Adam was revived as a recurring character after DC Comics first licensed and then acquired the Fawcett characters and began publishing Shazam (formerly Captain Marvel) Family stories under the title Shazam! in the 1970s.
This is the thirty-first article chronicling the #W101PopCulture references starting in Wizard City and the ninth for Krokotopia. The current list of all the (known) Krokotopia references can be found here. These articles were originally put together for a Facebook group I belong to. Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages
Shazz’am image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
Captain Marvel/Shazam! and Black Adam images are TM and (C) DC Comics
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